The owners of the B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery share some of the recipes that have helped their little store get its big (and delicious) reputation.

Small Town, Big Appetite

Small Town, Big Appetite

Fed up with driving 30 miles for fresh produce, Alexe Van Beuren and Dixie Grimes opened a lunch counter and corner store in Water Valley, Mississippi, a town of 3,500. The results, chronicled in The B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery Cookbook(Clarkson Potter/Publishers), are downright delicious.

Here, they share some of the recipes that have helped their little store get its big (and delicious) reputation.